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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Skimmers (Libellulidae) » Saddlebags (Tramea) » Carolina Saddlebags (Tramea carolina)
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Dragonfly - Tramea carolina
Copyright © 2005 Lynette Schimming

Dragonfly - Tramea carolina
Fort Bragg, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA
July 18, 2005
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Contributed by Lynette Schimming on 19 July, 2005 - 10:20am
Last updated 17 June, 2008 - 9:29pm

Moved
Moved from Common Skimmers.
… Lynette Schimming, 19 July, 2007 - 2:41pm login or register to post comments

Saddlebags
Yep, this is a very old female saddlebags. It looks like half the left HW is missing, which makes it look like there's no saddlebag there. But you can see it on the right HW peeking out underneath the abdomen. Like you said, default ID is female Carolina b/c of range.
… Nick Block, 19 July, 2007 - 1:24pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you,
do you have a lot of experience with dragonflies?
… Lynette Schimming, 19 July, 2007 - 2:24pm login or register to post comments

 
A fair bit
I've been pursuing field ID of odes for about 5 years now.
… Nick Block, 19 July, 2007 - 2:31pm login or register to post comments

Possible
Old Carolina Saddlebags female?
… Lynette Schimming, 19 July, 2005 - 12:10pm login or register to post comments

 
As we look closer,
what do you think about Pantala hymenaea here?
… john and jane balaban, 17 December, 2005 - 8:30pm login or register to post comments

 
I would like it to be Pantala but,
I really don't think it is. The nose isn't red enough, the black markings on the end of the tail are too large and it just looks too much like the saddlebags for me to think it's anything else. I know in this shot it's hard to see the black markings because of the angle, but compare it to . I also know that there are a lot of the saddlebags in the area. Unless, of course, I have that image ID'd incorrectly.
… Lynette Schimming, 18 December, 2005 - 7:09am login or register to post comments

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